Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Release: 2020-11-25
·Runtime: 94m
·★ 6.6
Drama
Music
Tensions rise when the trailblazing Mother of the Blues and her band gather at a Chicago recording studio in 1927. Adapted from August Wilson's play.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Escape Artists
Mundy Lane Entertainment
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Jonny Coyne
as Sturdyvant
Taylour Paige
as Dussie Mae
Glynn Turman
as Toledo
Joshua Harto
as Policeman
Daniel Johnson
as Chicago Worker (uncredited)
Colman Domingo
as Cutler
Dusan Brown
as Sylvester
Viola Davis
as Ma Rainey
Quinn VanAntwerp
as Band Singer
Chadwick Boseman
as Levee
Michael Potts
as Slow Drag
Jeremy Shamos
as Irvin
Crew
Branford Marsalis
Original Music Composer
Chuck Jeffreys
Stunt Coordinator
Josephine Allegretti
Visual Effects
George C. Wolfe
Director
Tobias A. Schliessler
Director of Photography
Avy Kaufman
Casting
August Wilson
Theatre Play
Michele Ziegler
First Assistant Director
Sian Richards
Makeup Artist
Todd Black
Producer
Travis Kerr
Set Designer
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Screenplay
Gary Archer
Prosthetics
Skip Lievsay
Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Supervising Sound Editor
Denzel Washington
Producer
Andrew Mondshein
Editor
Ann Roth
Costume Designer